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Re: [PATCH v3] ipc/msg: Implement lockless pipelined wakeups

From Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v3] ipc/msg: Implement lockless pipelined wakeups
Date 2016-06-07 17:10 +0200
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2016, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:

>-static void expunge_all(struct msg_queue *msq, int res)
>+static void expunge_all(struct msg_queue *msq, int res,
>+			struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
> {
> 	struct msg_receiver *msr, *t;
>
> 	list_for_each_entry_safe(msr, t, &msq->q_receivers, r_list) {
>-		msr->r_msg = NULL; /* initialize expunge ordering */
>-		wake_up_process(msr->r_tsk);
>-		/*
>-		 * Ensure that the wakeup is visible before setting r_msg as
>-		 * the receiving end depends on it: either spinning on a nil,
>-		 * or dealing with -EAGAIN cases. See lockless receive part 1
>-		 * and 2 in do_msgrcv().
>-		 */
>+
>+		WRITE_ONCE(msr->r_msg, ERR_PTR(res));
> 		smp_wmb(); /* barrier (B) */
>-		msr->r_msg = ERR_PTR(res);
>+		wake_q_add(wake_q, msr->r_tsk);

Given that wake_q_add() implies barriers on both sides (cmpxchg), I think we
can rely on that instead of the explicit smp_wmb() for barrier B. While a failed
call doesn't imply the barriers, we're already in a world of trouble _anyways_
if that's the case. Same for pipelined_send, obviously.

Thanks,
Davidlohr

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[PATCH v3] ipc/msg: Implement lockless pipelined wakeups Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> - 2016-06-06 19:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3] ipc/msg: Implement lockless pipelined wakeups Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2016-06-07 17:10 +0200

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